#4BB1D8#4BB1D8

#4BB1D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1D8
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -17.60, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 33.41, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0749 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0135, 37.8947, 70.6324)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1D8 #D8724B

analogous

#4BD8B9 #4BB1D8 #4B6AD8

triadic

#4BB1D8 #D84BB1 #B1D84B

tetradic

#4BB1D8 #B94BD8 #D8724B #6AD84B

square

#4BB1D8 #B94BD8 #D8724B #6AD84B

split-complementary

#4BB1D8 #D84B6A #D8B94B

monochromatic

#1E6D8B #2994BD #4BB1D8 #7DC7E3 #B0DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4BB1D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#4BB1D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1D8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1D8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8e4',
    500: '#4bb1d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1d8;
$custom-light: #8cc8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.10913,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1D8

secondary

#DCB3A3

accent

#6F40E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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